The webpage from Fall semester 2008 can be found here
Date | Topic | Notes | |
1 | 8/27 | Introduction, Quantum States | [pdf] |
2 | 9/01 | Basic Principles of QM, Qubits | [pdf] |
3 | 9/03 | Measurements, Multiple Qubits | [pdf] |
4 | 9/8 | Physical Qubits, EPR | [pdf] |
5 | 9/10 | Teleportation | [pdf] |
6 | 9/15 | Superdense Coding, No Cloning | [pdf] |
7 | 9/17 | Quantum Cryptography | [pdf] |
8 | 9/22 | Unitaries and Quantum Gates | [pdf] |
9 | 9/24 | Universality, Solovay-Kitaev, Complexity | [pdf] |
10 | 9/29 | Reversible Computing, Randomized Computation, Deferred Measurements | [pdf] |
11 | 10/01 | Deutsch and Deutsch-Josza algorithms | [pdf] |
12 | 10/06 | Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell | [pdf] |
13 | 10/08 | Mixed States and Density Matrix, Entanglement measures | [pdf] |
14,15 | 10/13,10/15 | Quantum Computing With Physical Spins | [pdf] |
16 | 10/20 | Midterm | |
17 | 10/22 | Wiring Up Trapped Ions | [pdf] |
18 | 10/27 | Quantum Fourier Transform |
[pdf] see also: [pdf] |
19 | 10/29 | Quantum phase estimation, finding eigenvalues |
[pdf] |
20 | 11/03 | Shor's order (period) finding algorithm and factoring |
[pdf] |
21 | 11/05 | Grover's Quantum Search Algorithm |
[pdf] |
22 | 11/10 | Amplitude Amplification, Quantum Zeno, Vaidman's bomb |
[pdf] |
23 | 11/12 | Introduction to Quantum Error Correction |
[pdf] |
24 | 11/17 | Quantum Computer Architectures in Silicon and Diamond |
[pdf] |
25 | 11/19 | Quantum Random Walks |
[pdf] |
26 | 11/24 | Cluster State Computation | |
27 | 11/26 | Thanksgiving | |
28 | 12/01 | Student Presentations I | |
28 | 12/01 | Student Presentations II |
Recommended texts for the class:
Other recommended texts on quantum computation
Mathematical background
On quantum mechanics in general